Taking the Plunge Towards CMake in Boost
Explore a comprehensive conference talk from CppNow 2019 on transitioning Boost to CMake. Dive into the benefits of adopting CMake for Boost, including improved accessibility and community support. Learn about various user needs, CMake script structures, Boost CMake modules, and a proposed migration path. Discover use cases, usage requirements, integrated builds, custom toolchains, and development workflows. Examine the implementation of Daniel Pfeiffer's Effective CMake principles, including source addition, dependency linking, and target setup. Gain insights into installing usage requirements, overriding find_package, and creating superprojects. Investigate the features of Boost CMake modules, their usage, and practical examples. Understand how to add test dependencies, work with interface properties, and implement emulation and pkgconfig. Conclude with guidance on incorporating tests into the CMake build system for Boost.